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Emails: Insiders worried over political ‘meddling’ (Obama politicizing FOIL requests)
Copyright © 2011, The Daily Record. ^ | Posted: 10:24 am Mon, March 28, 2011

Posted on 03/28/2011 2:41:53 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

since July 2009, career employees were ordered to provide political staffers with information about the people who asked for records — such as where they lived and whether they were private citizens or reporters — and about the organizations where they worked. If a member of Congress sought such documents, employees were told to specify Democrat or Republican. No one in government was allowed to discuss the political reviews with anyone whose information request was affected by them.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; enemieslist; foil; obamascandals; partisanwitchhunt; thechicagoway; thugpolitics; transparency

1 posted on 03/28/2011 2:41:55 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Chicago politics brought to DC.


2 posted on 03/28/2011 2:44:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Investigations needed. Independent Counsels needed.
3 posted on 03/28/2011 2:50:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Obama’s making a list, and checking it twice. The press crucified Nixon over such tactics.


4 posted on 03/28/2011 2:55:55 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Since this is the AP is there a chance this will be reported by some MSM?


5 posted on 03/28/2011 3:01:21 PM PDT by RWGinger
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That nonsense falls under official oppression, though if an enforcement action were to ever get followed through on a drone low on the totem pole will get stuck with taking the fall before the one(s) who instigated it would.
 
 
 

6 posted on 03/28/2011 3:04:03 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Thanks Behind Liberal Lines.
...since July 2009, career employees were ordered to provide political staffers with information about the people who asked for records -- such as where they lived and whether they were private citizens or reporters -- and about the organizations where they worked. If a member of Congress sought such documents, employees were told to specify Democrat or Republican. No one in government was allowed to discuss the political reviews with anyone whose information request was affected by them.
Never take a subpeona to a gunfight.


7 posted on 03/28/2011 4:06:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: a fool in paradise

“enemies list”


8 posted on 03/28/2011 4:29:45 PM PDT by colonialhk (Elect Veterans not Lawyers)
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To: colonialhk

Yes, Obama is Carter² and that’s patently obvious to most.

What needs to be pointed out, clearly and often, is that Obama is Nixon³.


9 posted on 03/29/2011 5:05:14 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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-——They don’t like to abide by the law or be reminded that they are breaking it————

They don’t fear the law because there is no law.

We are not allowed to say what should become of the lawlwss


10 posted on 03/29/2011 5:20:53 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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